We report the value of the electric quadrupole moment of Bi209 extracted from the atomic data. For this, we performed electronic structure calculations for the ground S3/2o4 and excited P3/2o2 states of atomic Bi using the Dirac-Coulomb-Breit Hamiltonian and the Fock space coupled-cluster method with single, double, and full triple amplitudes for the three-particle Fock space sector. The value of the quadrupole moment of Bi209, Q(209Bi)=-418(6) mb, derived from the resulting electric field gradient values and available atomic hyperfine splittings is in excellent agreement with molecular data. Due to the availability of the hyperfine constants for unstable isotopes of Bi, current atomic calculation allows also to correct their quadrupole moments.

Original languageEnglish
Article number034316
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume104
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Sep 2021

    Research areas

  • ODD ELECTROMAGNETIC MOMENTS, HIGH SECTORS, HYPERFINE-STRUCTURE, CHARGE RADII, EXCITATION, MOLECULES

    Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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